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Halbi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 19.184159, 81.924043

ISO code: hlb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰ, bʰt, d, tʰ, dʰʈ, ɖ, ʈʰ, ɖʰk, g, kʰ, gʰ
trillr
tapɽ
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, dʒ, tʃʰ, dʒʰ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
midə̃
open

Source: F. Woods, “Sentence patterns in Halbi,” in Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal. I: Sentence and discourse, R. S. Trail, Ed. SIL, 1973, pp. 35–123.

Comments: Precise phonetic values are not elaborated upon. Nasalised vowels may be phonetically long.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)